Feb 28, 2008 Added print at home e-tickets for online ticket orders. Updated the entertainment schedule. Added Fowl Tales and Myth & Magic to the stage acts page. Feb 16, 2008 Added a page for The Great Whiskey Competition and added the Stanislaus County Irish Pipe Band to the bagpipes page. Have a nice day :). Feb 11, 2008 Updated Black Irish bio. They have been together 19 years and have 17 albums! Feb 9, 2008 - A ton of updates. Tickets are on sale now online and in outlets. Updated the reenactment, music, and stage acts pages with new groups and pictures. Posted the music schedule. December 13, 2007 - Happy Holidays everybody! If you haven't seen it yet, we posted the new flyers on the press page. We've also added information about our schools program. If you're interested in brining students check it out. November 1, 2007 - We're moving. The Calaveras Celtic Faire is now the Sonora Celtic Faire. For more about the move, check here. June 11, 2007 - Updated the page with dates for the 2008 Calaveras Celtic Faire. We don't have the whole band lineup yet, but I know that Black 47 will be headlining the main stage. I don't personally hire the bands (that's the Big Kahuna's job), but I've heard a bit of these guys and I'm pretty excited about having them at the faire. They've got some audio clips on their web page, you should check them out. Updates from the 2007 faire March 2, 2007 - The Modesto Bee ran a great article on the faire today, featuring an interview with headliner GiveWay. Pick up the paper or check it out at their website. If you scroll down on the website they've also got a cool little shideshow with some pictures from past years. Link to the story here. March 2, 2007 - Updated the lodging page. There are a few hotels that help us out with rooms for our bands, if you're coming into town and looking for a place to stay, check with them first. There's a list one the info page. Advance tickets on-sale now. Save $6 on Saturday adult admission. Updated entertainment schedule and map available. Camping spaces available. Book online. New ticket location in San Andreas Listen to the new radio ad on the press page. February 20, 2007 - Black Oak Casino is sponsoring the Black Oak Stage, formerly the Highland Stage. Be sure to visit them at http://www.blackoakcasino.com/. And of course, thank you to Guinness and Benites Distributing who are also long time sponsors of the faire. Visit Guinness at http://www.guinness.com, and enjoy the St. Patrick's Day Season. February 16, 2007 - Schedule page is updated with outdoor acts and jousting times. There's also a rough map - maybe we'll have a better map later, but for now this map will do. Check the schedule page. February 15, 2007 - Presale tickets are available online and at all store locations. For more info check the tickets page.